Yellowjackets (2021)

Yellowjackets is a tense, genre-bending series that blends survival epic, psychological horror and coming-of-age drama. It follows a wildly talented high school girls’ soccer team whose plane crashes in the remote northern wilderness, leaving them to transform from a tight-knit group into brutal, fractured clans. The story alternates between their harrowing fight to survive in the wild and the ripple effects of that ordeal nearly 25 years later, when the survivors—now adults—struggle to keep the past buried even as it resurfaces in dangerous ways. Watching Yellowjackets you’ll experience raw, slow-burn suspense and frequent jolts of shock: claustrophobic wilderness scenes, escalating moral breakdowns, and unsettling ritualistic behavior juxtaposed with the quieter, corrosive tension of suburban lives unraveling decades later. The show leans into character-driven drama and mystery, so you’ll become invested in complex, morally ambiguous characters whose loyalties and identities shift over time. Expect moments of visceral horror and unsettling imagery, sustained dread, dark humor at times, and a relentless sense that secrets have lasting consequences. Overall, Yellowjackets is as much about trauma, power dynamics and coming of age under extreme conditions as it is about the mysteries surrounding the crash. Viewers who enjoy layered storytelling, slow-revealing mysteries, intense atmosphere and strong ensemble performances will find it compelling and often uncomfortable in the best way.

Actors: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery

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